{"product_id":"the-loves-of-my-life-a-sex-memoir-hardcover","title":"The Loves of My Life: A Sex Memoir - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eEdmund White\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the legendary author Edmund White, a stunning, revelatory memoir of a lifetime of gay love and sex.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"In his panoply of sexual encounters, Edmund White's love of sex makes us proud to be human. And the story of his sex life reads like a beautifully crafted, very moving (and very funny!) novel.\" -John Irving\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A raw, frightening, funny, and beautiful testimony, brimming with transgressive wisdom.\" \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e-\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eRobert Jones, Jr.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eI'm at an age when writers are supposed to say finally what mattered most to them-for me it would be thousands of sex partners\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003eThe 85-year-old \"paterfamilias of queer literature\" (\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e) recounts the sixty-plus years of sexual escapades that have inspired his many masterpieces. He explores the sex he had with other closeted boys of the 50s Midwest, with women as a young man trying to be straight, the sex he's paid for and been paid for, sex during the Stonewall and HIV eras, and in the age of the apps. Through tales of transactional sex, mutual admiration, open relationships, domination, submission, love, and loss, he paints an indelible portrait of queer history in America and abroad in a way only someone who has lived through it can. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Written with White's signature honesty, irreverence, and wit, \u003ci\u003eThe Loves of My Life\u003c\/i\u003e is the culmination of a legend's life and work, a delightful and moving tour of over seventy years of being unabashedly gay and in love with love in all its forms.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdmund White\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of many novels, including \u003ci\u003eA Boy's Own Story\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e The Beautiful Room Is Empty\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e The Farewell Symphony\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eA Saint from Texas\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Humble Lover\u003c\/i\u003e. His nonfiction includes \u003ci\u003eCity Boy\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Inside a Pearl\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Unpunished Vice\u003c\/i\u003e, and other memoirs; \u003ci\u003eThe Fl?neur\u003c\/i\u003e, about Paris; and literary biographies and essays. He has received the PEN\/Saul Bellow Award for Achievement in American Fiction and the Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters from the National Book Foundation. He lives in New York.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 8.2 x 5.6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 28, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51987458294061,"sku":"9781639733729","price":27.38,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/JVZIyCv67u9781639733729.webp?v=1776178825","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/the-loves-of-my-life-a-sex-memoir-hardcover","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}